NOW: Vinyl LP A.G. Cook a longtime contributor to the

a longtime contributor to the band (and

that meant more than just “boom-bap” sounds or tight lyricism—it meant bringing everything to the table

Crowe’s Garden and liner notes penned by David Fricke

And it is that sweet spot

Ravitz’s love of synthesizers has recently led him from Brooklyn to Asheville

NOW: Vinyl LP A.G. Cook a longtime contributor to theDamon Locks & Black Monument Ensembles latest album "NOW" was created in the final throes of Summer 2020, following months of pandemic induced fear & isolation, the explosion of social unrest, struggle & violence in the streets, and as the certain presence of a new reality had fully settled in. Set up safely in the garden behind Chicagos Experimental Sound Studio, the music was recorded in only a few takes, capturing the first times members of BME had